Award: Definition and part of speech

Award

  1. v. t. The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
  2. v. t. To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant.
  3. v. i. To determine; to make an award.
  4. v. t. A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aware: Definition and part of speech

Aware

  1. a. Apprised; informed; cognizant; conscious; as, he was aware of the enemy’s designs.
  2. a. Watchful; vigilant or on one’s guard against danger or difficulty.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Awash: Definition and part of speech

Awash

  1. a. Washed by the waves or tide; — said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Away: Definition and part of speech

Away

  1. adv. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away.
  2. adv. From a place; hence.
  3. adv. Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home.
  4. adv. Aside; off; in another direction.
  5. adv. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
  6. adv. By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away.
  7. The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Away-going: Definition and part of speech

Away-going

  1. a. Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration; — said of crops.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Awe: Definition and part of speech

Awe

  1. n. The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence.
  2. n. Dread; great fear mingled with respect.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.